... Brazil is the third leading banana producing country worldwide. It produces approximately 6.8 million tons in 550 thousand hectares, which represents a gross production value of 3.4 billion dollars per year. Bananas are affected by many pathogens, whereas nematodes are of main concern. Of 132 nematode species, approximately 54 are associated with the banana rhizosphere. These species are involved ...

... BACKGROUND: Reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) has emerged as one of the most destructive root pathogens of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in the United States. Management of R. reniformis has been hindered by the lack of resistant G. hirsutum cultivars; however, resistance has been frequently identified in germplasm accessions from the G. arboreum collection. To determine the geneti ...

... The factors that influence the ability of cotton to minimize yield loss despite parasitism by Rotylenchulus reniformis (i.e., tolerance) were evaluated for 12 cotton genotypes. Reproduction of R. reniformis and total length of the root system were measured under greenhouse conditions, and the relationship of those variables to yield loss caused by R. reniformis in infested fields was evaluated. Va ...

... Drosomycin-type antifungal peptides (DTAFPs) are natural effectors of the innate immune system, which are restrictedly distributed in plants and ecdysozoans. Mehamycin is a bi-domain DTAFP (abbreviated as bDTAFP) firstly found in the Northern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla. Here, we report its structural and functional features and the evolution of bDTAFPs in nematodes. Different from classi ...

... Reniform nematodes are sedentary semiendoparasites commonly found in subtropical and tropical regions (Robinson 1997). During the 2014 to 2015 growing season, composite soil samples were collected from soybean fields arbitrarily chosen across eight soybean-producing departments in Paraguay as part of a nationwide survey funded by the Instituto de Biotecnología Agrícola. Nematodes were extracted fr ...

... The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira) has emerged as the most important plant-parasitic nematode of cotton in the United States cotton belt. Success in the development of reniform nematode-resistant upland cotton cultivars (Gossypium hirsutum L.) has not been realized despite over three decades of breeding efforts. Research approaches ranging from conventional breed ...

... Rotylenchulus reniformis is an important root pathogen of cotton in the south‐eastern United States, and management is hindered by the lack of host‐plant resistance in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). The G. arboreum accession PI 417895 is highly resistant to R. reniformis, and a segregating population of 300 F₂ plants was developed for phenotypic characterization of resistance. The population ...

... The number and location of mapped quantitative trait loci (QTL) depend on genetic populations and testing environments. The identification of consistent QTL across genetic backgrounds and environments is a pre-requisite to marker-assisted selection. This study analyzed a total of 661 abiotic and biotic stress resistance QTL based on our previous work and other publications using the meta-analysis ...

... Sedentary plant‐parasitic nematodes (PPNs) induce and maintain an intimate relationship with their host, stimulating cells adjacent to root vascular tissue to re‐differentiate into unique and metabolically active ‘feeding sites’. The interaction between PPNs and their host is mediated by nematode effectors. We describe the discovery of a large and diverse family of effector genes, encoding C‐TERMI ...

... The induction of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in pineapples (Ananas comosus) was studied as shown by the up-regulation of the PR-1 gene (the SAR marker) and examination of the SAR effect on the reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis. Real-time polymerase chain reaction assay was performed using degenerate primers designed from the PR-1 genes of several monocotyledonous (monocots) and di ...

... Information concerning the occurrence and distribution of phytoparasitic nematodes in Egypt is very important for agricultural production. A nematode survey was conducted in northern Egypt to identify the genera and species of phytoparasitic nematodes associated with some crop plants. A total of 240 soil and root samples were collected from the rhizosphere of the surveyed plants and then processed ...

... Suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes and decomposition of organic matter are important soil food web functions. The availability and nature of carbon substrates in soil drive the structure, dynamics, and activities of soil food webs and may alter the way they function in the ecosystem. In this study, we assessed the effects on nematode communities of incorporating litter from three cover crops ...

... Hoplolaimus columbus, Columbia lance nematode (CLN), can cause severe stunting and considerable yield losses in cotton. A three-year field study was conducted in South Carolina with the purpose of examining the population dynamics and spatial distribution patterns of CLN as influenced by soil texture, the presence of Rotylenchulus reniformis, reniform nematode (RN), and a cotton–corn–soybean rotat ...